ἐλέφας

Ancient Greek

From a compound of Proto-Berber *eḷu and either Egyptian ꜣbw

or Sanskrit इभ (íbha).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀩𐀞 (e-re-pa), acc. 𐀁𐀩𐀞𐀲 (e-re-pa-ta), dat. 𐀁𐀩𐀞𐀳 (e-re-pa-te), gen. 𐀁𐀩𐀞𐀵 (e-re-pa-to).

ἐλέφᾱς • (eléphās) m (genitive ἐλέφαντος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ ἐλέφᾱς; τοῦ ἐλέφᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐλέφᾱς ho eléphās	τὼ ἐλέφᾰντε tṑ eléphante	οἱ ἐλέφᾰντες hoi eléphantes
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλέφᾰντος toû eléphantos	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰ́ντοιν toîn elephántoin	τῶν ἐλεφᾰ́ντων tôn elephántōn
Dative	τῷ ἐλέφᾰντῐ tôi eléphanti	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰ́ντοιν toîn elephántoin	τοῖς ἐλέφᾱσῐ / ἐλέφᾱσῐν toîs eléphāsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἐλέφᾰντᾰ tòn eléphanta	τὼ ἐλέφᾰντε tṑ eléphante	τοὺς ἐλέφᾰντᾰς toùs eléphantas
Vocative	ἐλέφᾰν eléphan	ἐλέφᾰντε eléphante	ἐλέφᾰντες eléphantes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἐλέφας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐλέφας in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐλέφας in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἐλέφας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἐλέφας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἐλέφας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 265
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